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Nick Nurse has been fired as the Raptors head coach.
The news comes an hour before Raptors vice chairman and team president Masai Ujiri was to hold his end-of-season media availability.
“The decision to make a change like this is never arrived at easily or taken lightly, especially when it comes to a person who has been an integral part of this franchise’s most historic accomplishments, and who has been a steady leader through some of our team’s most challenging times,” Ujiri said in a statement. “As we reflect on Nick’s many successes, we thank him and his family, and wish them the best in future.
“This is an opportunity for us to reset, to refocus, to put into place the personnel and the players who will help us reach our goal of winning our next championship.”
Nurse spent five years as head coach and five as an assistant in Toronto. He leaves the organization with the best winning percentage in team history with a 227-163 (.582) record. He made three playoff appearances and led the team to its first NBA championship in 2019.
More to come.
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